Advanced Vocabulary - Degrees and Other Academic Qualifications I

Degrees and Other Academic Qualifications I

2.1 noun

in the UK and Australia, the second-highest mark for an undergraduate degree from a university, lower than a first but higher than a 2.2.

2.2 noun

in the UK and Australia, the third-highest mark for an undergraduate degree from a university, lower than a 2.1 but higher than a third.

A.A. noun

Associate of Arts: a degree given by a US community college to students who have finished a two-year course of study.

advanced degree noun

a qualification taken after a first degree, for example an ma or a phd.

associate noun

an associate degree.

associate degree noun

the qualification you get when you have completed a two-year course of study at a community college in the US.

Associate of Arts noun

a degree given by a US community college to students who have finished a two-year course of study.

BA noun

Bachelor of Arts: a first degree from a university in a subject such as languages or history. A first degree in a scientific subject is a BSc.

bachelor’s degree noun

a first university degree. A degree that you can study for after your bachelor’s degree is called a master’s degree. 

B Ed noun

Bachelor of Education: a first university degree for people who want to become teachers.

BPhil noun

a first degree from a college or university in philosophy.

BS noun

American a BSc degree.

BSc noun

British Bachelor of Science: a first degree in a subject such as physics or biology from a university. A first degree in a subject such as languages or history is a BA. 

BTEC noun

one of a large number of qualifications relating to specific careers rather than academic subjects.

Cantab abbreviation

used for showing that a university degree is from Cambridge University in the UK.

class noun

British one of the levels that a university degree qualification is divided into according to how well you do in your final examinations. These are first class , second class , and third class. 

cum laude adverb

a student who receives a degree cum laude from a US college or university has achieved a mark of the third highest level in their degree. The second highest is called magna cum laude and the highest is summa cum laude.

degree noun

a course of study at a university, or the qualification that you get after completing the course.

dip. abbreviation

diploma.

diploma noun

the qualification that you get when you have completed a diploma course.

DLitt noun

Doctor of Letters.

DLitt noun

Doctor of Literature.

doctor noun

someone who has the highest degree given by a university.

doctorate noun

the highest qualification given by a university.

double first noun

British a university degree in which you have studied two subjects and have received the highest mark for both subjects.

DPhil noun

Doctor of Philosophy: the highest university degree.

first adverb, number, pronoun, noun

in the UK and Australia, the highest mark for an undergraduate degree from a university.

first degree noun

a university course of study or qualification such as a BA or BSc for someone who does not already have such a qualification.

GCE noun

General Certificate of Education: used to refer to an educational qualification in England and Wales in one of a wide range of subjects. GCE o level ordinary level examinations were replaced in 1988 by the GCSE. GCE a level advanced level examinations allow you to go to university. 

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